[Skip to main content](#main-content) [OpenNash Jobs](https://jobs.opennash.com/) [Hiring report](/reports/hiring/) · [All Abbott Laboratories jobs](https://jobs.opennash.com/companies/abbott-laboratories/) · [Search jobs](/search/) Abbott Laboratories · Costa Rica - Alajuela # Supplier Quality Engineer III Costa Rica - Alajuela Manufacturing & Production Listed on Abbott Laboratories’s official careers site. Posted September 23, 2026. Check that it is still open and apply there. [Apply on Abbott Laboratories’s careers site →](https://abbott.wd5.myworkdayjobs.com/abbottcareers/job/Costa-Rica---Alajuela/Supplier-Quality-Engineer-III_31162905) [OpenNash Jobs](https://jobs.opennash.com/) / [Abbott Laboratories](https://jobs.opennash.com/companies/abbott-laboratories/) / Supplier Quality Engineer III ## Job description ### JOB DESCRIPTION About Abbott Abbott is a global healthcare leader, creating breakthrough science to improve people’s health. We’re always looking towards the future, anticipating changes in medical science and technology. Working at Abbott At Abbott, you can do work that matters, grow, and learn, care for yourself and family, be your true self and live a full life. You will have access to: Career development with an international company where you can grow the career you dream of. A company recognized as a great place to work in dozens of countries around the world and named one of the most admired companies in the world by Fortune. A company that is recognized as one of the best big companies to work for as well as a best place to work for diversity, working mothers, female executives, and scientists. The Opportunity This position works out of our Alajuela location in the Vascular Division. Abbott Vascular provides innovative, minimally invasive, and cost-effective products for treatment of vascular disease. As the Supplier Quality Engineer III, you’ll have the chance to drive improvement in the quality of components and services sourced from external suppliers. Provides technical support in the selection and evaluation of suppliers, monitors supplier performance to drive supplier corrective action, manufacturing yield issues and field failures. As required, supervises the activities, manpower and resources within the functional area to ensure support is provided to meet the department and company goals. ### What You’ll Do Responsable for compliance with applicable Corporateand Divisional Policies and procedures. Assesses potential new suppliers for technical, quality and manufacturing capabilities. Provides technical support for the introduction of components from a new supplier. Evaluates, monitor and approve new and existing external suppliers based in their qualifications and performance, acts as a spokesperson to external suppliers. Analyzes incoming material defects and communicates issues to suppliers. Investigates failures related to supplier materials, dispositions, drives and tracks corrective / preventive action plans where necessary Generates test protocols, monitors testing, issues material qualification test reports and approves components for use. Assists in generating component specifications, generates and maintains incoming inspection procedures and provides input from component quality, inspectability and manufacturability perspective. Trains inspectors to these procedures as required. Mentors employees by sharing technical expertise and providing feedback and guidance. As required, supervise technical personal for task execution Shift: Administrative ### Required Qualifications Bachelor's degree in engineering, Science, or equivalent field of study. 2 of experience in engineering related position. Intermediate command of English. Apply Now Follow your career aspirations to Abbott for diverse opportunities with a company that can help you build your future and live your best life. Abbott is an Equal Opportunity Employer, committed to employee diversity. Connect with us at www.abbott.com, on Facebook at www.facebook.com/Abbott and on Twitter @AbbottNews and @AbbottGlobal. The base pay for this position is N/A In specific locations, the pay range may vary from the range posted. ### JOB FAMILY Operations Quality DIVISION: AVD Vascular LOCATION: Costa Rica > Alajuela: AVCR-1 ADDITIONAL LOCATIONS: WORK SHIFT: Cr09Sal (Costa Rica) ### TRAVEL No MEDICAL SURVEILLANCE: No SIGNIFICANT WORK ACTIVITIES: Continuous sitting for prolonged periods (more than 2 consecutive hours in an 8 hour day), Continuous standing for prolonged periods (more than 2 consecutive hours in an 8 hour day), Continuous walking for prolonged periods (more than 2 hours at a time in an 8 hour day), Keyboard use (greater or equal to 50% of the workday), Work in a clean room environment ## At a glance - Posted by the employer: Sep 23, 2026 - First seen by OpenNash: Oct 13, 2026 - Last checked: Oct 20, 2026 - Listed for: 27 days - Location: Costa Rica - Alajuela[Apply on Abbott Laboratories’s careers site →](https://abbott.wd5.myworkdayjobs.com/abbottcareers/job/Costa-Rica---Alajuela/Supplier-Quality-Engineer-III_31162905) ## More jobs at Abbott Laboratories ### [Production Supervisor I](https://jobs.opennash.com/companies/abbott-laboratories/jobs/90c34a61a0e2160dc52c/) Costa Rica - Alajuela ### [Production Supervisor III](https://jobs.opennash.com/companies/abbott-laboratories/jobs/8ffb850c143d847adceb/) Costa Rica - Alajuela ### [Quality Engineer III](https://jobs.opennash.com/companies/abbott-laboratories/jobs/94dd34a0022fe14d0b0f/) Costa Rica - Alajuela ### [Sr Manufacturing Engineer](https://jobs.opennash.com/companies/abbott-laboratories/jobs/6ed2ca7fb1152592ef67/) Costa Rica - Alajuela ## Similar jobs at other companies ### [Engineer, Supplier Quality III](https://jobs.opennash.com/companies/thermo-fisher-scientific/jobs/e3949e49febadb173ac7/) Thermo Fisher Scientific · Eindhoven, Netherlands ### [Engineer, Supplier Quality III](https://jobs.opennash.com/companies/thermo-fisher-scientific/jobs/0c7dcef321670d5312e0/) Thermo Fisher Scientific · Remote, Czechia ### [Supplier Quality Engineer](https://jobs.opennash.com/companies/totalenergies/jobs/b44e8c23288e497edce6/) TotalEnergies ### [Supplier Quality Engineer](https://jobs.opennash.com/companies/siemens/jobs/90fae6c0fa8e57964524/) Siemens OpenNash lists jobs from employers’ own careers sites and does not handle applications. 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